Problems configuring bcm43xx-fwcutter

[Ed Smits]

Thank you very much, this worked perfectly. Installed it, ran "sudo
modprobe bcm43xx", 2 seconds later my WiFi light came on, didn't even
need to reboot.This repository has been added to my bookmark list for
the next time I decide to rebuild.

ED


On 8/9/07, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:02:56 -0400
> "Ed Smits" <ed.smits at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This used to work, but decided to rebuild my laptop today. Installing
> > bcm43xx-fwcutter I get asked to download the firmware, I say OK, then
> > it errors out on downloading the drivers as below. From googling
> > around about this it seems that the googlepages site has download
> > limits that may have been exceeded or some such. I've tried other
> > approaches - using my XP drivers etc, nothing seems to work.
>
> have a look here:
> http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/dists/feisty-cafuego/bcm43xx/
>
> Note that if you install the firmware from cafuego's repo you will not
> need fwcutter ( his deb installs the firmware) .
> >
> > 1) since fwcutter is a legitimate Ubuntu provided program, why does it
> > call up drivers from an untrustworthy source.
>
> It is trying to get the firmware, not the driver/ kernel module  - the
> driver ( bcm43xx ) is Free And Open Source Software, the firmware/
> microcode is proprietary ( Broadcom won't tell anyone the specs.)
> >
> > 2) does anyone have an idea as to why this happened and when it might
> > work once again?
>
> I don't - but try the repository I linked above. Just be sure to read the
> front page etc, obviously - I have used these debs on my iBook G4 with a
> Broadcom 4306 card and there was no problem.
>
>
> Peter
>
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